How To Change Your Church (Without Killing It)

Though many American churches are fading in number and effectiveness, yours can stay on course. Take advantage of others' experience: How to Change Your Church (Without Killing It) contains many success and crash-and-burn stories, as well as pointed lessons about how to guide your church through innovation with the least pain possible.

If you sense that your church's best days are ahead, use this book's guidelines for deciding where and what kind of change to implement. Then tackle Mellado, Appel, and Nelson's strategy for wise planning and team building so your goals will find rich fulfillment.

The authors authoritatively cover the elements of initiating change in a church body, addressing such topics as:

Examining what motivates you

Getting below the skin of improvement

Honoring past traditions while developing new ones

Understanding the emotional side of change

Identifying opinion leaders in your church

Determining where you want to go as a body

Creating a transition plan

Sailing the "leader ship"

Making conflict work for you

Enjoying the benefits of improved ministry

Though many American churches are fading in number and effectiveness, yours can stay on course. Take advantage of others' experience: How to Change Your Church (Without Killing It) contains many success and crash-and-burn stories, as well as pointed lessons about how to guide your church through innovation with the least pain possible.

Embark on the journey through church change with these able guides and make your local church body irresistible to believers and seekers alike.

Contributor(s)

Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado , Gene Appel , Alan Nelson

About the Contributor(s)

Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

Jim Mellado is president of the Willow Creek association, which now has a membership of more that 3,700 congregations. A former Olympic athlete with a Harvard MBA, Mellado is an in-demand church network and organizational expert whose insight has helped the Willow Creek Association become a leading model in the 21st Century ministry. He and his wife, Leanne, reside in South Barrington, Illinois.

Gene AppelGene Appel is senior pastor of Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. During his 13 years of leadership, the Central Christian Church membership has grown from 450 to more than 4,000 members, making it one of the fastest growing church in America. He is a frequent confernece speaker sho addresses the issues of transition and change in churches. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alan NelsonAlan Nelson, Ed.D. is the founding/lead pastor of Scottsdale Family Church and leadingideas.org. He is the author of a dozen books and columnist for Rev. and The ChurchReport magazines, as well as serving as a church change trainer/consultant.